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'F.W. RIBSENBBRG.

l BUCKLE. No. 303,187. Patented Aug. 5, 1884.

V UNITED Srnfrnslg PATENT OFFICE,

FRANK W. RIESENBERG, OF PEORIA, n ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR GF ONE-HALF TOHENRY SARDISON, OF SAME PLACE.

BUCKLE,

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,187, dated August5, 1884.

Application filed December 17. 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK W. RIESEN- BERG, of Peoria, in the county ofPeoria. in the State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Buckle, andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexactvdeseription thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this speciiication, in which like letters of referencerefer to like parts, and in which-- Figure 1 represents a longitudinalsection through center; Fig. 2, a sectional plan view atm as; Fig. 3, aperspective view; Fig. 4, a cross-section of modification.

The object of this invention is the construe tion of a buckle by whichto secure together straps of leather or fabric.

My invention for this purpose consists, essentially, of a collar havinga wedge-shaped opening therethrough, and a thinrwedge so tting in saidopening as to permit the insertion of a strap beside said wedge.

The construction of my buckle is such as to adapt it to be used inconnection with harnesses, trunk-straps, Suspenders, oron a larger scalefor elevator-straps and pulley-belts.

In the drawings, A represents the small rectangular collar, the openingthrough which 1s rectangularintransverse section andsli gh tl ywedge-shaped longitudinally. Vit-hin this opening is the thin wedge' D,the thickness of which and the size of said opening being soproportioned as t' permit, when the end D of said wedge is flush withthe end Aof the collar A, the easy insertion and passage of a strapbetween said wedge and the lower side of the opening in said collar. Toenable a strap to be thus passed through the collar in either direction,the iinger is held partially over the end of the collar, so as to keepthe end D of the Wedge from protruding. The wedge D is prevented fromescaping from the other end of the collar by flaps c, bent partiallyover the same. Said naps c must cover alittle more than half of themouth of the opening, and the end E of the wedge D be slightly thickerthan the space uncovered, that said Wedge .may not drop out thereat whenthe strap e has been removed. To prevent loss from the other -end of thecollar under the same condition, I make the Wedge nan 4roWer than theopening in the collar, and provide it with shoulders E. I then contracttheA end .at A ofthe opening by bending in at the sides small flaps ofthe metal, as B, Fig. 2, or

by driving inwardly with a small punch, so as to form projections whichshall engage with the shoulders E of the Wedge, and thereby prevent itsdropping out.

From the end ofthe collar C, at the thick end of the Wedge D, thereprojects a loop, F, to which is fastened Vthe end of the strap G. Thisstrap G is fastenedl to said loop F by doubling it therethrough andsewing the end over upon itself, as in Fig. 1, or by being rivbuckle,the slightest pull on the same, tending to separate them, causes the Wedge D to move toward the end A of the collar, the opening in which beingwedge-shaped, as described, causes said wedge and the strap with it tobe held from further motion. The stronger new the strap It is pulled thefirmer is it held by the buckle, the wedge D wedging in against it allthe more tightly. I sometimes roughen y the face of the wedge Dcontiguous to the strap to enable it to grip the harder against the 35saine, and substitute a frictionroller, R, for thegiiaps o, as in Fig.4.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The wedge-shaped collar A, havingcontractions B, in combination with the Wedge D, having shoulders E, andmeans, substantially as described, whereby to prevent the removal ofsaid Wedge from theenlarged end of said cellar, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

2. ,f The wedge D, having shoulders E, in oombination with the collar A,having loop F, contract-ions B, and means whereby to prevent the removalof said Wedge from the enlarged end of said collar, substantially as andfor the roo purpose set forth.

3.* Thecollar A, having loop F, iiaps c, andl contractions B, incombination with the Wedge vention I have hereunto set my hand this 11thD, having shonlders E. day of December, 1883;

4. The strap G havin@ metallic loop H collar A, having loop F, aps c,and contrici FRANK NV' RIESENBERG' 5 tions B, in combination with theWedge D, Witnesses:

having shoulders E, as set forth. v t HENRY SARDIsoN,

In testimon)T that I claim the foregoing in- Y EDWARD FIELDER.

